Joan Crawford
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1906-03-23
Place of Birth
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Joan Crawford
Biography
Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 1906 – May 10, 1977) was an American actress. She started her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway. Crawford was signed to a motion picture contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925. Initially frustrated by the size and quality of her parts, Crawford launched a publicity campaign and built an image as a nationally known flapper by the end of the 1920s. By the 1930s, Crawford's fame rivaled MGM colleagues Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo. Crawford often played hardworking young women who find romance and financial success. These "rags-to-riches" stories were well received by Depression-era audiences and were popular with women. Crawford became one of Hollywood's most prominent movie stars and one of the highest paid women in the United States, but her films began losing money. By the end of the 1930s, she was labeled "box office poison". After an absence of nearly two years from the screen, Crawford staged a comeback by starring in Mildred Pierce (1945), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1955, she became involved with the Pepsi-Cola Company, through her marriage to company president Alfred Steele. After his death in 1959, Crawford was elected to fill his vacancy on the board of directors but was forcibly retired in 1973. She continued acting in film and television regularly through the 1960s, when her performances became fewer; after the release of the horror film Trog in 1970, Crawford retired from the screen. Following a public appearance in 1974, after which unflattering photographs were published, Crawford withdrew from public life. She became more and more reclusive until her death in 1977.
Also Known For
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Oct 31, 1962
Mildred Pierce
Oct 20, 1945
Daisy Kenyon
Dec 25, 1947
Possessed
May 29, 1947
The Women
Sep 01, 1939
The Karate Killers
Apr 07, 1967
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Nov 23, 1929
Mannequin
Jan 21, 1938
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
May 21, 1982
It's a Great Feeling
Aug 20, 1949
Above Suspicion
May 31, 1943
Johnny Guitar
May 26, 1954
Grand Hotel
May 25, 1932
The Unknown
May 29, 1927
Flamingo Road
Apr 30, 1949
Humoresque
Jan 25, 1947
A Woman's Face
May 09, 1941
Reunion in France
Dec 25, 1942
I Saw What You Did
Jul 21, 1965
Queen Bee
Nov 07, 1955
Strait-Jacket
Jan 19, 1964
The Damned Don't Cry
May 13, 1950
Our Dancing Daughters
Sep 01, 1928
Berserk!
Nov 01, 1967
Autumn Leaves
Aug 01, 1956
Rain
Oct 12, 1932
They All Kissed the Bride
Jun 11, 1942
Susan and God
Jun 07, 1940
Dancing Lady
Nov 24, 1933
Love on the Run
Nov 20, 1936
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
Jan 01, 1969
Sadie McKee
May 09, 1934
Trog
Oct 24, 1970
Hollywood Canteen
Dec 15, 1944
Female on the Beach
Aug 19, 1955
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Oct 24, 2000
West Point
Jan 07, 1928
Chained
Aug 31, 1934
Sudden Fear
Aug 07, 1952
Strange Cargo
Mar 01, 1940
Possessed
Nov 21, 1931
The Stolen Jools
Apr 04, 1931
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Feb 19, 1937
When Ladies Meet
Aug 29, 1941
The Best of Everything
Oct 09, 1959
Bette and Joan
Jan 01, 2017
The Caretakers
Aug 21, 1963
Harriet Craig
Nov 02, 1950
This Woman Is Dangerous
Feb 09, 1952
Joan Crawford's Home Movies
Jan 01, 1942
Laughing Sinners
May 30, 1931
Today We Live
Mar 03, 1933
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Jan 10, 1972
Montana Moon
Mar 20, 1930
Our Modern Maidens
Sep 08, 1929
Across to Singapore
Apr 07, 1928
Forsaking All Others
Dec 23, 1934
The Gorgeous Hussy
Aug 28, 1936
The Shining Hour
Nov 18, 1938
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
Mar 21, 1926
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Mar 03, 2008
The Bride Wore Red
Oct 08, 1937
No More Ladies
Jun 14, 1935
Goodbye, My Fancy
May 19, 1951
Dance, Fools, Dance
Feb 07, 1931
Our Blushing Brides
Jul 19, 1930
Torch Song
Oct 01, 1953
Journey to the Unknown
Jun 15, 1969
Letty Lynton
Apr 30, 1932
The Story of Esther Costello
Nov 06, 1957
Pretty Ladies
Sep 06, 1925
The Shirley Eder Tapes
Aug 26, 2012
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Jan 01, 1982
Untamed
Nov 23, 1929
The Boob
May 17, 1926
Spring Fever
Oct 22, 1927
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Feb 25, 1983
This Modern Age
Aug 29, 1931
The Ice Follies of 1939
Mar 10, 1939
I Live My Life
Oct 04, 1935
Paid
Dec 30, 1930
Girl 27
Jul 27, 2007
Della
Aug 08, 1964
Possessed
Jul 22, 2011
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Feb 03, 2004
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Mar 21, 2006
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Jan 01, 1984
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Dec 31, 1961
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
Jan 01, 2006
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
Sep 20, 2016
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
Sep 20, 2016
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
Sep 20, 2016
Dream of Love
Dec 01, 1928
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Jun 26, 1989
The Law of the Range
Jan 21, 1928
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
Sep 30, 1972
The Circle
Sep 22, 1925
The Duke Steps Out
Mar 19, 1929
The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel
At Home with Joan Crawford
Apr 20, 1953
That's Entertainment!
Jun 21, 1974
Winners Of The Wilderness
Jan 15, 1927
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Sep 30, 1996
Twelve Miles Out
Jul 08, 1927
Fast Workers
Mar 10, 1933
Journey to Murder
Jan 01, 1971
We're switching to Hollywood
Jun 09, 1931
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
Jul 13, 2004
1925 Studio Tour
Apr 09, 1925
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
Sep 13, 1994
That's Entertainment! III
Jul 01, 1994
Through Many Windows
Aug 29, 1947
Rose-Marie
Feb 11, 1928
From the Ends of the Earth
May 28, 1939
The Taxi Dancer
Feb 05, 1927
Lady of the Night
Feb 23, 1925
Proud Flesh
Apr 27, 1925
The Merry Widow
Sep 27, 1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Dec 25, 1925
The Only Thing
Nov 22, 1925
The Oscar
Mar 04, 1966
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Sep 28, 1954
A Slave of Fashion
Aug 23, 1925
Old Clothes
Nov 09, 1925
Sally, Irene and Mary
Dec 27, 1925
Blow-Ups of 1946
Dec 31, 1946
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Aug 06, 1975
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
May 29, 1940
Night Gallery
Nov 08, 1969
Complicated Women
May 06, 2003
That's Entertainment, Part II
May 16, 1976
The Romance of Celluloid
Aug 27, 1937
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Oct 24, 1940
How to Plan a Movie Murder
Jan 01, 1964
Garbo
Nov 06, 1969
Woman on the Run
May 15, 1959
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
May 23, 2007
The Big Parade of Comedy
Sep 02, 1964
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Jul 02, 2009
And the Oscar Goes To...
Feb 01, 2014
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
Jan 30, 2007
Paris
May 24, 1926
The Understanding Heart
Feb 26, 1927
Four Walls
Aug 11, 1928
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
Aug 13, 1937
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Apr 08, 1939
The Midshipman
Oct 04, 1925
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
Aug 01, 2002
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
Apr 02, 2002
This was the MARY
Mar 01, 1968
Spielberg
Oct 05, 2017
Strange Witness
Mar 23, 1958
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
Feb 04, 1938
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
Sep 01, 1930
Zwischen Glück und Krone
Mar 18, 1959
One Must Die
Jan 12, 1961
The Road to Edinburgh
Because I Love Him
And One Was Loyal
Rebel Range
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture
Jun 15, 2010
The Lucy Show
Oct 01, 1962
Route 66
Oct 07, 1960
The Merv Griffin Show
Oct 01, 1962
The Secret Storm
Feb 01, 1954
The Sixth Sense
Jan 15, 1972
General Electric Theater
Feb 01, 1953
General Electric Theater
Feb 01, 1953
General Electric Theater
Feb 01, 1953
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Oct 05, 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Oct 05, 1956
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Sep 10, 1950
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Sep 22, 1964
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Oct 01, 1962
The Name of the Game
Sep 20, 1968
What's My Line?
Feb 02, 1950
Great Performances
Jan 28, 1971
